Fire up the oven, people, because I’ve got an absolutely OUTRAGEOUS fall dessert recipe for ya!
My mom’s famous pumpkin cake is SO delicious and incredibly easy! It’s so light and creamy and just melts in your mouth!

She made it for the big gang we had up at our lake home in Wisconsin this past weekend, and by gosh, it was gone by the end of night two! People GOBBLED IT UP!

And it’s SO easy to make! It’s a glorified “dump cake!” Save this for Thanksgiving!

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Mom’s Famous Pumpkin Cake!
Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can fresh pumpkin
- 1 12 oz can evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 c. sugar
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup chopped pecans optional – I omitted
- 2 sticks butter cut into pieces
FROSTING:
- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese softened
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together pumpkin, evaporated milk, cinnamon and sugar until well combined.
- Add eggs and mix well.
- Pour mixture into a 9X13 baking dish prepared with a non stick spray. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over entire top. Sprinkle nuts evenly over cake mix and top with butter pieces. Bake at 350° F for 50-60 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Prepare frosting while cake is cooling. In a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer, whip cream cheese until light. Add in whipping cream and continue to whip until fully combined and thickening. Add powdered sugar and cinnamon and whip until smooth.
Notes
Ok WOW – this pumpkin cake STOLE THE SHOW! Everyone absolutely loved it. People had seconds and even thirds!

The thing everyone liked about it was that it wasn’t overly sweet. It was just the right amount of sweetness.

And it was so light and velvety. It didn’t have that heavy feeling that pumpkin pie often brings about. It almost was like whipped mousse!
But it was that cinnamon cream cheese frosting that really took this thing over the top! Oh my gosh, what a treat.

And topped with fresh whipped cream — get outta town! Talk about decadence!
The last thing I’ll say: is that this dessert was incredibly easy to make. I mean, it uses canned pumpkin and boxed cake mix! Doesn’t get much easier and “user-friendly” than that!
So give this a try! And I’ll talk to you tomorrow!
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12 responses to “Mom’s Famous Pumpkin Cake!”
This cake looks sooo delicious, Caralyn! Yum. ❤️
Le yum eee
Huge fan of dump cake. This looks so good!!
Caralyn, your mom’s pumpkin cake sounds like a real hit. The right dessert for Fall weather. xoxo
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thank you tonya for the link up! Hugs and love xox
Yummy!
OMG, I will be making this for Halloween
So you and your clan are “dessert wimps?”
“Gone by the end of night two!!??”
In my family, something that looks this good, even if it did not taste as good as you say (and I seriously doubt your Mom would skimp on the flavor!😉), would not last an hour! 😋
Ooooh!!!! Thar looks so delicious! I’m definately making this for Thanksgiving!
Thank you for sharing💕
Thank you Laura! This is my mom’s specialty, and she definitely knows her way around the kitchen! heheh 🙂 Hugs and love xox
That looks so good.